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1. Organisation:
· Minister for communication: Shri. Ashwini Vaishnav
· Secretary: Shri.Vineet Pandey
· Director General-Shri.Alok Sharma
· Postal board: total members 6
· Our country is divided into 23 Postal circles as follows. Head of the circles Chief Postmaster General
|
Sl no |
Name of
the circle |
Headquarters |
Union
territories covered by |
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Vijayawada |
yanam |
|
2 |
Assam |
Guwahati |
|
|
3 |
Bihar |
Patna |
|
|
4 |
Chattisgarh |
Raipur |
|
|
5 |
Delhi |
Delhi |
Delhi UT |
|
6 |
Gujarat |
Ahmadabad |
Daman, Diu |
|
7 |
Haryana |
Ambala |
|
|
8 |
Himachal Pradesh |
Shimla |
|
|
9 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Srinagar |
|
|
10 |
Jharkhand |
Ranchi |
|
|
11 |
Karnataka |
Bangalore |
|
|
12 |
Kerala |
Trivandrum |
Laccadive islands |
|
13 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Bhopal |
|
|
14 |
Maharashtra |
Mumbai |
Goa |
|
15 |
North East |
Shilling |
|
|
16 |
Orissa |
Bubaneshwar |
|
|
17 |
Punjab |
Chandigarh |
|
|
18 |
Rajasthan |
Jaipur |
|
|
19 |
Tamilnadu |
Chennai |
Pondicherry |
|
20 |
Telangana |
Hyderabad |
|
|
21 |
Uttarkhand |
Dehradun |
|
|
22 |
Uttar Pradesh |
Lucknow |
|
|
23 |
West Bengal |
kolkatta |
Andaman & Nicobar islands |
· Each region is divided into Postal divisions and RMS divisions. Head of postal division is SP/SSP. Head of RMS division is SRM/SSRM (Superintendent RMS/Senior superintendent RMS).· Each circle is divided into Regions. Regional Head: Postmaster General
· each postal division is divided into sub divisions and head of sub division is IP/ASP.
2. Types of offices.
· Head post office.
In charge is Postmaster. If the postmaster is Gazetted, then it is called First class H.O.s. The postmaster of first class HO can exercise the powers of divisional head for the staff under his control.
· Sub post office
· ED branch office.
· All postal transactions are performed by B.O. with restrictions and limits.
· A designated HO at the headquarters of the circle is called General Post Office. (GPO)
· The in-charge of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkatta GPOs are Directors.
· MO and VP articles not to be booked for Army Post Office.
· BO can function for a maximum of 5 hours a day.
3. Night Post office
· The working hours is fixed by head of the circle.
· DG can extend the working hours upto 8.30 PM and for working on Sundays also.
· sale of stamps, stationery, booking of RL/speed, VP will be done.
· on Sundays from 1000 to 1700 hours.
· No work on delivery, MO payment/SB/SC.
4. Mobile post office. (No mobile post offices now)
· They are functioning in important cities.
· They will function at different fixed places at fixed hours.
· sale of stamps, stationery, booking of VP, RL (no insured).
· some offices are authorized to book MO also.
5. Business hours of post offices.
· The business hours for various services are displayed in the premises.
· enquiries, sale of stamps-during the entire working hours.
· booking of RL/VP- for 6 to 7 hours on all days and upto 5 hours on Saturdays.
· SB, MO –upto 5 hours on all days and upto 3 hours on Saturdays.
· in RMS offices also RL/speed are booked.
8. Postal holidays
There will be total 14 holidays out of which 11 fixed holidays and 3 national holidays all over the country. Additional 3 holidays that may differ from circle to circle which are decided by the circles.
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